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What Makes News Headlines

icyfroth — Wed, 14 Jan 2015 00:26:02 GMT

Listening to the news on the way to work this morning, 2 announcements made me wonder how the warrant news headlines.

India Bans Burning Cow Dung Near Taj Mahal

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-01-13/india-bans-burning-cow-dung-near-yellowing-taj-mahal/6015504

Apparently it turns the white marble yellow. Ok it's a valid concern but does it really warrant a news headline?

Dead Dolphin Found on Newcastle Beach

Thought to have been killed by shark.

(no link available)

Ok I know they have a cpl of Great Whites stalking the area, but...a news headline? Really?

Re: What Makes News Headlines

aps1080 — Wed, 14 Jan 2015 00:30:56 GMT

Dead Dolphin Found on Newcastle Beach

Thought to have been killed by shark."

It appeals to the huggy fluffy brigade

80 percent is carp now that they try to pass off as news.

Re: What Makes News Headlines

lloydslights — Wed, 14 Jan 2015 01:22:21 GMT

Bring on the huggy, fluffy, feel good stuff. Just for a break.

DEB

Re: What Makes News Headlines

icyfroth — Tue, 20 Jan 2015 22:27:12 GMT

Sandilands pooed himself in hospital

Entire Article Here

We all know what a sh*thead Sandilands is, so is that sort of headline really warranted?

Re: What Makes News Headlines

myoclon1cjerk — Tue, 20 Jan 2015 22:41:49 GMT

ABC News 24 should be re-named ABC News 1/2.That's all the news they have and it's repeated 48 times.Al Jazeera etc beat it hands down,particularly if you're interested in world news.

Re: What Makes News Headlines

icyfroth — Wed, 21 Jan 2015 01:06:11 GMT

Pope upsets German rabbit breeders

THE Pope's comment that Catholics don't have to breed "like rabbits" has caused offence - among Germany's rabbit breeders.

http://www.news.com.au/world/breaking-news/pope-upsets-german-rabbit-breeders/story-e6frfkui-1227191473805

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cherry*135 — Wed, 21 Jan 2015 01:21:10 GMT

Not front page online newsworthy.

"Scientists have worked out the truth behind why paper cuts hurt like hell"

Sophie Monk " I should have worn a bra"

"i pee in a bottle to save money"

Re: What Makes News Headlines

bully6084 — Wed, 21 Jan 2015 01:48:17 GMT

Anything with the name Kardashian just annoys me. This family is full of oxygen thieves and not worthy of any news time, but yet them seem to be in the news everyday.

Re: What Makes News Headlines

icyfroth — Fri, 13 Feb 2015 20:22:02 GMT

Chris Hemsworth's Wife Pokes Jellyfish

Sheesh

Re: What Makes News Headlines

katymatey* — Fri, 13 Feb 2015 22:59:31 GMT

LOL He still had the necessary co ordination to text, even if he was having a 'stroke'.

@icyfroth wrote:

Sandilands pooed himself in hospital

Entire Article Here

We all know what a sh*thead Sandilands is, so is that sort of headline really warranted?

Re: What Makes News Headlines

village_person — Sat, 14 Feb 2015 09:14:29 GMT

@icyfroth wrote:

Sandilands pooed himself in hospital

Entire Article Here

We all know what a sh*thead Sandilands is, so is that sort of headline really warranted?

I'd say by the look of his puffy face and bloated appearance there is still a bit of compacted faecal matter still searching for the exit.

Re: What Makes News Headlines

aftanas — Sat, 14 Feb 2015 13:13:54 GMT

@icyfroth wrote:
Listening to the news on the way to work this morning, 2 announcements made me wonder how the warrant news headlines.

India Bans Burning Cow Dung Near Taj Mahal

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-01-13/india-bans-burning-cow-dung-near-yellowing-taj-mahal/6015504

Apparently it turns the white marble yellow. Ok it's a valid concern but does it really warrant a news headline?

Dead Dolphin Found on Newcastle Beach

Thought to have been killed by shark.

(no link available)

Ok I know they have a cpl of Great Whites stalking the area, but...a news headline? Really?

Before I found my calling I considered becoming a journalist and studied journalism at the University of Qld. In the 80s it seemed that every news bulletin ended with a story of about a dog riding a skate board or a stretch limousine that had been stretched beyond all reason, and one of our tutorial topic was: "What is news?". After debating the question for 40 minutes our tutor told us the answer. News is whatever a journalist says is news.

Re: What Makes News Headlines

poddster — Sat, 14 Feb 2015 13:23:59 GMT

Not quite.

News is what the gullible readers will swallow and come back for more.

Re: What Makes News Headlines

icyfroth — Sat, 14 Feb 2015 13:28:48 GMT

@aftanas wrote:
@icyfroth wrote:
Listening to the news on the way to work this morning, 2 announcements made me wonder how the warrant news headlines.

India Bans Burning Cow Dung Near Taj Mahal

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-01-13/india-bans-burning-cow-dung-near-yellowing-taj-mahal/6015504

Apparently it turns the white marble yellow. Ok it's a valid concern but does it really warrant a news headline?

Dead Dolphin Found on Newcastle Beach

Thought to have been killed by shark.

(no link available)

Ok I know they have a cpl of Great Whites stalking the area, but...a news headline? Really?
Before I found my calling I considered becoming a journalist and studied journalism at the University of Qld. In the 80s it seemed that every news bulletin ended with a story of about a dog riding a skate board or a stretch limousine that had been stretched beyond all reason, and one of our tutorial topic was: "What is news?". After debating the question for 40 minutes our tutor told us the answer. News is whatever a journalist says is news.

Hahaaah yeah I get that lol. Too true in light of what's reported as news these days. And in previous days by reporters of the day lol

Re: What Makes News Headlines

aftanas — Sat, 14 Feb 2015 13:45:42 GMT

The point about news is that it is reported in newspapers and on television. It is a business and the objective of business is to make money.

At its basest level news is gossip (or if you can't accept that, news serves the purposes of gossip in our global village). So it is a mixture of things that are important (that is, things professional journalists think you should know) and things that are purely interesting. Man bites dog stories are not important, but people enjoy talking about these things so they are reported as news. And being so reported the stories become news.

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curmu-curmu — Sun, 15 Feb 2015 01:11:03 GMT

News? That's gotta be what's colloquially known as 'clutching at starws!'

Re: What Makes News Headlines

village_person — Sun, 15 Feb 2015 02:27:56 GMT

What Makes News Headlines

Yes indeed. Consider the storm over the last couple of days when Tony um-err-ah Abbott used the word holocaust. It caused quite a ripple on the radio, TV land, and the print media. Two other leaders have used it to stress a point, Keating the vile and Bob 'plastic bag' Brown. Their use of the word went unnoticed.

Things that make you go mmmmmmmmmmmmmmm.

Re: What Makes News Headlines

curmu-curmu — Sun, 15 Feb 2015 10:27:06 GMT

@village_person wrote:
What Makes News Headlines

Yes indeed. Consider the storm over the last couple of days when Tony um-err-ah Abbott used the word holocaust. It caused quite a ripple on the radio, TV land, and the print media. Two other leaders have used it to stress a point, Keating the vile and Bob 'plastic bag' Brown. Their use of the word went unnoticed.

Things that make you go mmmmmmmmmmmmmmm.

Funny how the left can ignore any faux pas their own make, but quickly jump down the thrat of the opposition, should they say something they feel untowards, isn't it?

I still remember the 'Paddington Bear' affair. Mick Young (unintentionally?) smuggled into Australia, a soft toy for a gift, yet despite Labor hounding Liberals who were caught out some time before, for the same type of act, turned a blind eye to Mr Young's ...indiscretion. An enquiry was instituted, and not surprisingly, found Mr Young not guilty!

He remained a member of Parliament for some time after the event - yet Labor forced Liberals to resign over similar indiscretions.

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/latest-news/scandal-for-labor-over-bear-in-there/story-fn3dxiwe-1226545925250

Yep. Things that make you go hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm.

Re: What Makes News Headlines

icyfroth — Sun, 15 Feb 2015 22:49:53 GMT

Mouth to Meow Resuctitation in House Fire

Two cats came within a whisker of losing all nine lives after they were successfully resuscitated by an ambulance crew at a deliberately-lit fire in Port Augusta.

Entire Article Here

Which is actually quite a serious news item.

Re: What Makes News Headlines

icyfroth — Fri, 20 Mar 2015 21:47:23 GMT

Bachelor contestant farts on first date

A Bachelor New Zealand contestant has had to endure the double humiliation of farting on a first date and having the moment broadcast on national television.

The Bachelor, paleo diet entrepreneur Arthur Green, 26, had just concluded a romantic stroll along the beach with 24-year-old UK fitness instructor Poppy.

As the pair sit down for a beachside picnic at the "pretty magical" location the young Brit audibly breaks wind, before covering her face with her hands in shame.

Entire Article Here

Ok, that would be excruciatingly embarrassing!

But to make a News headline?I mean, really?